Some Melodious Plot
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Covers as spoilers.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Covers as spoilers.
I've just popped into Slough House to take care of a bit of business. Come on, I'd make a great 'Joe'. :-) #SlowHorses
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I've just popped into Slough House to take care of a bit of business. Come on, I'd make a great 'Joe'. :-) #SlowHorses
Lacey the Cat (after Caravaggio). #Catascuro
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Lacey the Cat (after Caravaggio). #Catascuro
Dipping in and out of Patti Smith’s new memoir. Love that Simone Weil quote. Wish I could be more Weil … but the only thing we’ve got in common is we suffer from headaches. And the closest I’ll get to Patti Smith is my new barefoot trainers.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Dipping in and out of Patti Smith’s new memoir. Love that Simone Weil quote. Wish I could be more Weil … but the only thing we’ve got in common is we suffer from headaches. And the closest I’ll get to Patti Smith is my new barefoot trainers.
It was indeed tiny. And awkwardly situated ... you've got to look at it obliquely because of the rope. But I loved the faint outlines of the spiderweb and the straw on the sill.
A strangely hopeful painting ...
A strangely hopeful painting ...
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It was indeed tiny. And awkwardly situated ... you've got to look at it obliquely because of the rope. But I loved the faint outlines of the spiderweb and the straw on the sill.
A strangely hopeful painting ...
A strangely hopeful painting ...
Twice now I’ve walked past this poster and queued The Pet Shop Boys rather than Lily Allen. I really ought to give her album a listen though.
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Twice now I’ve walked past this poster and queued The Pet Shop Boys rather than Lily Allen. I really ought to give her album a listen though.
Really enjoyed the Culture Club documentary at the IMAX. A kind of love story in a way. And Mikey Craig turned up for the Q&A.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Really enjoyed the Culture Club documentary at the IMAX. A kind of love story in a way. And Mikey Craig turned up for the Q&A.
Off to see the Culture Club documentary at, of all places, the IMAX.
Disregarding ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me’, which is peerless, favourite CC moment?
Church of the Poisoned Mind and that glorious harmonica.
Disregarding ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me’, which is peerless, favourite CC moment?
Church of the Poisoned Mind and that glorious harmonica.
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Off to see the Culture Club documentary at, of all places, the IMAX.
Disregarding ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me’, which is peerless, favourite CC moment?
Church of the Poisoned Mind and that glorious harmonica.
Disregarding ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me’, which is peerless, favourite CC moment?
Church of the Poisoned Mind and that glorious harmonica.
Keep it under your hat! 😅
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Keep it under your hat! 😅
The artist and painting that has stayed with me from yesterday’s visit to Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern. Ben Enwonwu’s ‘Tutu’.
This photograph doesn’t come close to capturing the beauty, shimmer, depth and presence of this portrait.
This photograph doesn’t come close to capturing the beauty, shimmer, depth and presence of this portrait.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The artist and painting that has stayed with me from yesterday’s visit to Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern. Ben Enwonwu’s ‘Tutu’.
This photograph doesn’t come close to capturing the beauty, shimmer, depth and presence of this portrait.
This photograph doesn’t come close to capturing the beauty, shimmer, depth and presence of this portrait.
Well, here I am at Tate Modern for Lee Miller …
When if I’d been paying attention, I’d have noticed it was at Tate Britain. 😅 or 😢??!!
When if I’d been paying attention, I’d have noticed it was at Tate Britain. 😅 or 😢??!!
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Well, here I am at Tate Modern for Lee Miller …
When if I’d been paying attention, I’d have noticed it was at Tate Britain. 😅 or 😢??!!
When if I’d been paying attention, I’d have noticed it was at Tate Britain. 😅 or 😢??!!
The Prince Charles Cinema posing me a right old Saturday afternoon rewatch dilemma. The Thing versus Requiem for a Dream. I’ve flip-flopped back and forth about ten times in the last hour.
Seen neither on the big screen!
Seen neither on the big screen!
November 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Prince Charles Cinema posing me a right old Saturday afternoon rewatch dilemma. The Thing versus Requiem for a Dream. I’ve flip-flopped back and forth about ten times in the last hour.
Seen neither on the big screen!
Seen neither on the big screen!
Shopping trolleys in the wild abound. The Dane John Korner’s lithograph ‘Understanding the Impact of Architecture’.
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Shopping trolleys in the wild abound. The Dane John Korner’s lithograph ‘Understanding the Impact of Architecture’.
And of course Edvard Munch was here. I loved his clear influence on fellow Norwegian Annette Kierulf’s wonderful ‘Bjorka og loa’ (The birch and the barn).
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And of course Edvard Munch was here. I loved his clear influence on fellow Norwegian Annette Kierulf’s wonderful ‘Bjorka og loa’ (The birch and the barn).
Lykke Frydenlund with more than a passing nod to Mondrian.
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Lykke Frydenlund with more than a passing nod to Mondrian.
But out of the two speakers, I preferred Jeff Olsson’s piece ‘Trädet’ (The tree). Busy and melancholic and perfect for Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
But out of the two speakers, I preferred Jeff Olsson’s piece ‘Trädet’ (The tree). Busy and melancholic and perfect for Halloween.
Sverre Malling’s unsettling and peculiar ‘Orvar-Odd’, a nod to The Horse Sacrifice by the Danish artist Bjorn Norgaard who sacrificed a horse as a protest against the bloodshed of the Vietnam War.
Orvar-Odd was the hero of a Norse saga whose death by his own horse Faxi was predicted by a witch.
Orvar-Odd was the hero of a Norse saga whose death by his own horse Faxi was predicted by a witch.
November 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Sverre Malling’s unsettling and peculiar ‘Orvar-Odd’, a nod to The Horse Sacrifice by the Danish artist Bjorn Norgaard who sacrificed a horse as a protest against the bloodshed of the Vietnam War.
Orvar-Odd was the hero of a Norse saga whose death by his own horse Faxi was predicted by a witch.
Orvar-Odd was the hero of a Norse saga whose death by his own horse Faxi was predicted by a witch.
Rolled up at the British Museum‘s Nordic Noir exhibition last night and the gallery was closed for a talk with two of the featured artists: Sverre Malling and Jeff Olsson. Gatecrash? Absolutely! And time at the end to see the exhibition.
What I really wanted to see. Maria Nordin’s Act of Comfort.
What I really wanted to see. Maria Nordin’s Act of Comfort.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Rolled up at the British Museum‘s Nordic Noir exhibition last night and the gallery was closed for a talk with two of the featured artists: Sverre Malling and Jeff Olsson. Gatecrash? Absolutely! And time at the end to see the exhibition.
What I really wanted to see. Maria Nordin’s Act of Comfort.
What I really wanted to see. Maria Nordin’s Act of Comfort.
Sitting in the middle of Tottenham's Lordship Rec after my morning exercise, watching the Canada Geese wheel in from Walthamstow Wetlands to graze away the day.
October 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sitting in the middle of Tottenham's Lordship Rec after my morning exercise, watching the Canada Geese wheel in from Walthamstow Wetlands to graze away the day.
Gosh, that’s conjured up thoughts of my own mum pegging out. With these!
October 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Gosh, that’s conjured up thoughts of my own mum pegging out. With these!
Every autumn, the blaze of colour on the house that backs onto the garden never fails to stop me in my tracks.
October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Every autumn, the blaze of colour on the house that backs onto the garden never fails to stop me in my tracks.
RIP Björn Andrésen, aka Tadzio.
‘Like those flaxen ringlets on the heads of children which are destined to change to the darkest brown.’
Although Björn seemed to have escaped that fate.
‘Like those flaxen ringlets on the heads of children which are destined to change to the darkest brown.’
Although Björn seemed to have escaped that fate.
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
RIP Björn Andrésen, aka Tadzio.
‘Like those flaxen ringlets on the heads of children which are destined to change to the darkest brown.’
Although Björn seemed to have escaped that fate.
‘Like those flaxen ringlets on the heads of children which are destined to change to the darkest brown.’
Although Björn seemed to have escaped that fate.
My Cafe Mondo sandwich hit the spot (so much so that I don’t need any tea). Well worth the trip south of the river to Camberwell. Chicken cutlet, Red Leicester cheese, and lots of other doings.
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My Cafe Mondo sandwich hit the spot (so much so that I don’t need any tea). Well worth the trip south of the river to Camberwell. Chicken cutlet, Red Leicester cheese, and lots of other doings.
It’s Friday! Hurray! Red wine and tunes! Chin Chin, shipmates! 🍷
‘You liberated the boy I never rated,
And now he's throwing discus for Liverpool and Widnes …
‘You liberated the boy I never rated,
And now he's throwing discus for Liverpool and Widnes …
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It’s Friday! Hurray! Red wine and tunes! Chin Chin, shipmates! 🍷
‘You liberated the boy I never rated,
And now he's throwing discus for Liverpool and Widnes …
‘You liberated the boy I never rated,
And now he's throwing discus for Liverpool and Widnes …
Today's favourite piece of Tuscany art.
More Lucas Cranach and his 'Adam and Eve'. How do you like them apples?
More Lucas Cranach and his 'Adam and Eve'. How do you like them apples?
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Today's favourite piece of Tuscany art.
More Lucas Cranach and his 'Adam and Eve'. How do you like them apples?
More Lucas Cranach and his 'Adam and Eve'. How do you like them apples?